Soal Latihan PTS kelas X Semester Genap
Past tense
The following text is for number 1-5.
Barbecue in the park
Last Sunday, my friend and I went to the
park because David’s family invited us a barbecue
party in the park. We lived nearby so we just walked
there.
When we got to the park, there were not
many people. David’s family was already there. They
arrived there early to get the best picnic spot with an
electronic barbecue grill nearby. When we arrived,
they were cleaning the barbecue. After making sure
the barbecue was clean, they turned the barbecue on
by pushing the button. The electric stove turned on
and the metal plate became hot.
David’s mother put some cooking oil on the
metal plate, and after that she put some sausages,
beef steaks, and some onions on the barbecue.
Meanwhile, David’s father was preparing the bread,
butter and the drinks.
While waiting for the meat to cook, David
and I joined other boys playing football. When we
got tired, we stopped and enjoyed the sausages,
steaks, and some cold soft drinks.The food was
delicious. I think David’s mother is one of the best
chef in the world.
1. When did the writer have a picnic?
a. Last Sunday
b. Last Saturday
c. Last Friday
d. Last Wednesday
e. Last Monday
2. Who invited the writer to the park?
a. Brandon
b. Alex
c. David
d. Kumar
e. Neni
3. What tense do we find mostly in the text above?
a. Present tense
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b.
c. Perfect tense
d. Future tense
e. Adverbial tense
4. What did the writer and his friends do while they
are waiting for the cook?
a. Played football
b. Slept
c. Read
d. Studied
e. Climbed a tree
5. What is the purpose of the text?
a. Retell the picnic experience
b. To amuse the reader about the legend of picnic
c. To urge people the importance of picnic
d. To discuss the positive and negative side of picnic
The following text is for number 6-10
Holiday in Jakarta
Last holiday, I went to my brother’s home in
Jakarta. I went to Jakarta with my father. We went to
Jakarta city by the train. Jakarta it was very
interesting, but the atmosphere was too hot for me.
A few days later, my brother and I went to
the zoo in Jakarta. We went to be zoo by taxi. The
zoo was very crowded. There were many traders.
After bought the ticket, we went to see the animal in
the zoo.
First, I saw many pelican birds. They were
very hungry, so the zoo keeper fed the bird. Then I
saw many deer eaten many hay. In the same cage, I
saw ostrich. It was very big. It couldn’t fly but could
run very fast. Its stomach was very big too. After
that, we went to take the boat which was pictured
with the image of goose.
Before went back home, we bought some
drink and food. We rested in a restroom. I was very
happy it this holiday. I hoped the next holiday would
be good too.
6. Where did the writer go?
a. Surabaya
b. Semarang rattle. Suddenly the captain said to us in a very calm
voice. “Ladies and gentleman, we are having a little
c. Bandung problem with one of the engines. There is no need to
d. Surakarta panic. Keep your seat belts fastened. We are going to
return the airport.”
e. Jakarta
You can imagine how frightened I was, but
7. How did the writer go in vacations? the crew was fantastic. The flight attendants were
really calm and told us not to worry. One of them
a. By foot told me to relax and said that everything would be all
right.
b. By motorcycle
A few minutes later, we were coming in to
c. By train
land, the pilot made a smooth landing on the runway.
d. By car It was over, and we were safe.I took a taxi and went
home. From that day on, I decided not to fly
e. By cart anymore.
8. How did the writer go to the zoo? 11. What does the writer hate?
a. By train a. Flying
b. By cart b. Walking
c. By foot c. Running
d. By taxi d. Sleeping
e. By motorcycle e. Studying
9. What did the writer do before went home? 12. What happened to the engine after it took off?
a. Slept in the zoo a. Smoking
b. Argued with his father b. Off
c. Bought food and drink c. Landed
d. Went around d. Flew
e. Watched the movie e. Fine
10. What kind of the text is that? 13. What did the writer feel about the experience
written at the text?
a. Narrative text
a. Happy
b. Recount text
b. Frightened
c. Discussion text
c. Relax
d. Hortatory exposition
d. Sad
e. Analytical exposition
e. Contemplative
The following text is for number 11-15.
14. What was the flight attendant’s expression when
Traveling By Air
explaining the situation within the plane?
I really hate flying. Once something happen
a. Calm
to me. When I was on board, the plane started taking
off. It seemed that everything was all right. But b. Happy
suddenly I saw smoke coming from engine of the
plane. The engine was on fire and the plane started to c. Sad

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d. Cry
e. Hysteric
15. How did the writer go home after the plane
incident?
a. By bus
b. On foot
c. By taxi
d. By plane
e. By car
The following text is for number 16-19.
One day I went to Bandung with my friend
for a vacation. We went there on night bus. When
arrived in Cianjur, the bus stopped for a rest. I got off
the bus to get a cup of coffee, but my friend didn’t.
He went to a mosque to pray. It took only a few
minutes to pray, but went I came out again the bus
was not there. It had gone! Shocked and confused. I
asked the shopkeeper about the bus. She said that the
bus had departed about five minutes ago.
I tried to call my friend on my cell phone, but the
battery was running low. I couldn’t do anything but
hope and pray. After several minutes, my wish came
true. The bus came back! Got on the bus and walked
to my seat. I was so ashamed when everybody on the
looked at me. I could feel my face turned red.
I asked my friend why she didn’t tell the
driver that I was still outside. “I did, I told him
several times that you were outside, but he said that
you were in the bus toilet because he saw a man
going into the toilet,” my friend replied, laughing.
The other passengers smiled at me. I was so
embarrassed.
16. What did the story tell us about?
a. The writer was left by the bus on his trip to
Bandung
b. The writer arrived in Cianjur to visit his relatives
c. The writer could contact his friend with the cell
phone
d. the writer got off the bus to get a cup a coffee
e. The writer and his friend enjoyed their trip to
Bandung
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17. What did the writer do when the bus stop for a
rest in Cianjur?
a. Drink a cup of coffee and prayed
b. Bought souvenir and went to the toilet
c. Drank a cup of coffee
d. Drunk a cup of milk and bought souvenir
e. Drunk a cup of coffee and went to the toilet
18. Why couldn’t the writer call his friend?
a. He didn’t bring his cell phone
b. The battery was running low
c. The writer’s cell phone was stolen
d. The writer’s cell phone was broken
e. There was not any signal in his cell phone
19. How did the writer feel?
a. He felt happy
b. He felt awful
c. He felt sad
d. He felt angry
e. He felt shy
The following text is for number 20-24
Tessie
We were moving house and dad asked me to help
him sort out all the boxes in the storeroom. I hadn’t
been in the storeroom for aged and wondered what
we would find. One wall was line with shelves,
stacked with boxes almost to the ceiling there where
many other wrapped up objects of different shafts
and sizes. Dad opened the boxes and rummage
through them. I moved over to a wooden box and was
just about to lift the lid when it toppled over.
Everything fell out into a heap.
Be careful!’ shouted dad, There may be something
fragile in there
Then I saw it! My heart began to pound and many
knees began to shake. It was a rubber ring. It had
belonged to my beloved dog. Tessie. She died two
years ago.
I was only four when we got Tessie. I chose her from
among other puppies. She was my best friend.
Although she had a basket in the kitchen she would
creep up to my room at night and sleep in the bottom
of the bed. If I was cold she would snuggle up next to
me.
Tessie could do anything. She could beg and sit and
shake a paw. I taught her to fetch things. One
Christmas, I bought her rubber ring. I wrapped it up
in shiny paper and place it under Christmas tree. She
played with it every day. Tessie would wait at the
front door went she knew it was time for me to come
home from school. She would howl the painting with
the rubber ring in front of her. If didn’t play, she
would howl and wouldn’t stop until did. In the
weekend we would take the ring to the playground
and play four hours and hours until neither of us
could run anymore. Then one day Tessie fell ill. She
didn’t wait for me by the front door anymore and she
didn’t want to play with the ring. I tried to encourage
her, “Come on, Tessie. Come and play.”
Seemed out of breath she couldn’t walk very well and
she wasn’t eating properly. Mum and I took her to the
vet. The vet shook her head and told us that Tessie
was really sick.
There, nothing they can do for her, ‘mum whispered
to me.
I went to the room where Tessie was waiting and said
my goodbyes I felt her warm fur for the last time on
my face and then I ran outside and cried…..
“What’s the matter, son?” asked Dad.
He put an arm around my shoulder. We all miss her,
‘said Dad sadly, ‘She was a good dog, a really good
dog. I nodded and put the ring hack in the box.
20. What kind of the text is that?
a. Recount
b. Narrative
c. Procedure
d. Report
e. News item
21. What is the generic structure of the text?
a. Orientation > Event > Re-orientation
b. Orientation > Evaluation > Complication >
Resolution > Re-orientation
c. Goal > Material > Step
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d. Newsworthy event > Background event > Source
e. Orientation > Event > Complication
22. What is the form of the text?
a. Diary
b. Personal recount
c. Letters
d. Factual recount
e. Imaginative recount
23. What caused the boy had the flashback?
a. He was moving house
b. He found a rubber ring
c. He found a dog
d. He found Christmas tree
e. He met a vet
24. Which statement is true based on the text?
a. the writer was moving home
b. the writer bought Tessie a rubber ring
c. Tessie had an accident
d. Tessie was the writer’s best friend
e. Tessie died two years ago
The following text is for number 25-28.
Once upon a time, there was a man who was
living inOnce upon a time, there was a man who was
living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a
farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for
his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he
caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest
catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this
fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love
with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said;
“Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anymore
about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise
there will be a huge disaster”. The man made the deal
and they got married, lived happily and had daughter.
Few years later, his daughter would help
bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One
day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his
father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got
furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a
fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. e. The story of Toba Lake
The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband
had broken his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because

a huge disaster was about to come. When her
daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big
earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The
whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She
turned into a fish again and the man became the
island of Samosir.
25. What is the complication in paragraph 3?
a. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband
had broken his promise.
b. His daughter would help bringing lunch to her
father out of in fields.
c. His daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s
lunch.
d. The daughter ran home and asked her mother.
e. The man shouted and be furious
26. Finally, what did happen to the man?
a. He sunk
b. He turned into a lake
c. He turned into a fish
d. He turned into an island
e. He attacked by earthquake
27. What kind we learn from the text above?
a. We must obey our parents
b. We must not break our promise
c. We must not eat our father’s meal
d. We must go fishing to find a golden fish
e. We must run to the hill if there is earthquake
28. What is the best title of the text above?
a. Toba Lake and Samosir in North Sumatra
b. The man, the fish and their daughter
c. The story of Samosir Island
d. The man and the goldfish